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Clamping Picture Frames

with Coil Springs

H

ERE’S A METHOD OF CLAMPINGpicture frames that I learned
years ago at the shop of a New York City framemaker. Use
spring clamps made from upholsterer’s coil springs to exert pressure.
The sharpened ends of the circular springs bite into the sides of the
mitered frame pieces, putting pressure exactly where it’s needed—on
the glued miter.
To make the rings, saw nearly complete circles from the coil
springs. Then carefully sharpen the cut ends on a belt sander or grind-
ing wheel to form long, flat points. Two upholsterer’s coil springs will
yield two or three complete sets of four spring clamps of various sizes
and tensions.
—STEVEMANVILLE,Amagansett, N.Y.

CHAPTER NINE

Cut nearly

complete circle

from upholstery

spring to form

clamp.

Grind cut

ends of

spring to

long, flat

point.